Modeling of a Steam Heated Rotating Cylinder—A Grey-Box Approach

Drying is an important process in paper manufacturing, where steam heated cylinders are used to dry paper. Control of the moisture content is accomplished by adjusting the steam pressure in the cylinders. In previous work it has been shown that the dynamics from steam flow to steam pressure in the cylinder can be described by a linear second order black box model. This paper presents a first principles model which has a structure similar to the black box model.

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abstract = {Drying is an important process in paper manufacturing, where steam heated cylinders are used to dry paper. Control of the moisture content is accomplished by adjusting the steam pressure in the cylinders. In previous work it has been shown that the dynamics from steam flow to steam pressure in the cylinder can be described by a linear second order black box model. This paper presents a first principles model which has a structure similar to the black box model.},
author = {Slätteke, Ola and Åström, Karl Johan},
booktitle = {Proceedings / American Control Conference},
isbn = {0-7803-9098-9},
issn = {0743-1619},
keyword = {moisture control,steam,nonlinear equations,differential algebraic equations,dynamics,drying,poles and zeros,paper industry},
language = {eng},
pages = {1449--1454},
publisher = {IEEE--Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.},
title = {Modeling of a Steam Heated Rotating Cylinder—A Grey-Box Approach},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACC.2005.1470169},
volume = {2},
year = {2005},
}